Ooh! lots going on here! The dream sequence was great, nice bit of backstory and Caleb not getting the idea of a card game was really in character! I like the way you've got Karin and Caleb starting to clearly contrast-Caleb with his mission drive and enthusiastic naeivety against Karin's hard borne experience! Looking forward to chapter 3! :D

This is an interesting start, I like how you've set up the characters, and the hints you've sprinkled. It'll be intriguing to see how Caleb reacts around multiple adults for a change! My only thought is a tiny nit-pick, you could loosen the language a little with some abbreviations e.g, a few 'didn'ts' instead of 'did nots'-they sound a little formal-but if that's what you were going for then ignore me! Looking forward to chapter 2! :)